Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
THE LATEST FROM THE TRAIN
 ROBBERS.
Two Men Did the Whole Business.

TWO Men Did the whole Butiness.
 Mir. E. W. Smith and Deputy Kreshsm returned at noon to-day, from pursuing the railroad train robbers. From Mir. Smith the following particulars of the chase was learned:
 On taking up the trail at the scene of the outrage, the posse followed 1t across the Cienega and to a knoll about a quar- ter of mile away ou the opposite bank. Here, ss stated in yesterdays OITIzRS, the Mexican money wac found and the robbers stopped and delibersted, then took up their line of march for the Mountain Springs House. A portion of thelr route to inst place lay directly along the old Tucson and Fort Bowie road
 At the Mountain Springs house which IS at present uoOccupled, they appear to have rested. having done SO they turu- ed into a canyon that led directly into the mountains. They followed a well beaten trail up the canyon for about two miles and then suddenly turning to the left. Rscended tue mountains to their rendezvous, which
 PROVED TO BE CAVE ID the side of q hill. Al this cave many things were found. Among the things enumerated are cans of lunch tongue, iellies and ground coffee-ot the latter here were six or seven unopened cans, various cooking utensils. two blankets and pair of blue overalls. This cave is situated al the foot of @ rocky bluff and Is screened from ooser- vstion by projecting ledge of rock. The entrance to the cave is small and cannot be seen till within about 90 feet f it. Inside It IS quite roomy and makes in fact
 vERITABLE ROBBERS DRS. After thoroughly satisfying them selves that the thieves had vacated the 5lsce, & careful exsmInation for tracks vas made and some were finally dis ,Overed. These led directly south to he first rsilrosi bridge west of Psntsno, and had evidently been made by the -oohers when they went to rob the
 ram. Near the bridge they had cook T and eaten srpper snd from there Eent to the fill and waited the coming If the train.
 Now comes ihe strange denouemeOt From sn previous accounts gathered. it vas supposed that the robbers were four 9 number. but to the smsZsment oi
 varyOue the train appears io have been taken Tn
 BY TWO MEN OSLT. Tbls was proven to the evident sstIs- action of Sheriff Shibell and hIs entire 1osse. The footprints from the cave to be railroad and from the raIl- road to the cave were made by TWO men only. One footprint sp- oesred to have been made by s No. 10 boot and the other was several
 izss smaller. probably not larger than No. .. The latter appeared to have
 os hslf soled and was somewhat worp
 Iff on the left heel The large msI
 Fore a sewed boot. Once or twlce Mir. Smith says, they appeared to have dou- oled, but at no time did they strive to tide their tracks.
 The posse after satisfying themselves that the tracks down were made when the robbers went to the train, they de-
 ,ided 10 go back to the cave and for this purpose divided into two parties to De better able to circle the mountain for trails. Sheriff ShIbell. D. Snyder and he Mexican trailer went toward the left. E w. Smith, Deputy Kreshsm and Chrs Christensen going to the rIght. When Tn the mountains Kreshsm's horse became unmRusgsble and
 SUCKED HIM OFF.
 Mr. Kreshsm was thrown over an em- knaanN md uvEa hrnaaa1 -rr. r.v.as1a. ably but fortunately had no bones brok- en. The horse also went down the em. 0ankment and WAS at first thourht to be killed but turned up all right.
 The squads Of the sheriff party met at the Mountain Springs house and as it va. impossible for them to trRil the robbers over the rocks 1t was decided to return to Pantsoo. They did SO and on the ar rival of the train this morning were join | ed by Detective Len Harris, Mike Nu- 1 gent and
 TWO INDIAN TRAILERs from Yuma. Finding It impossible to 1 get horses for Nugent end Harris | Messrs. kreshsrn and Smith declded to | let them have theirs, which they did and | came home as above stated.
 This morning the posse, accompanied | Oy the new trBlleTs agsin lett for the | cave and nothing has since been heard | from them. The detachment of sol | diers sen. from Fort Lowell, under | command of Lieut.. Harris, csmped at the Mountain Springs last night and | would join Shibell on the hunt this | morning.
 IT there were more than two men i'm plicsted n the robbery they joined the two from the Cave at the railroad, and likewise separated from them =t the same point, which the posse think not probable.